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Webster 1913 Edition

Harridan

Har′ri-dan

(hăr′rĭ-dan)

,

Noun.

[F.

haridelle

a worn-out horse, jade.]

A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.

Such a weak, watery, wicked old

harridan

, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see.

De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Harridan

HAR'RIDAN

,

Noun.

A decayed strumpet.

Definition 2024

harridan

harridan

English

Noun

harridan ‎(plural harridans)

A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.

Synonyms

(vicious and scolding woman): shrew, virago

Translations

vicious and scolding woman

Armenian: ջադու (hy) ‎(ǰadu), վհուկ (hy) ‎(vhuk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 老太婆 (zh) ‎(lǎotàipó), 老潑婦, 老泼妇 ‎(lǎopōfù)
Dutch: viswijf f, Template:nl,helleveeg f,
Finnish: äkäpussi (fi)
French: harpie (fr) f, dragon (fr) m, virago (fr) f, haridelle (fr) f, mégère (fr) f, xanthippe f, casse-couilles (fr) f
German: Drache (de) m (alter Drachen (de) m), Xanthippe (de) f, Hexe (de) f, Vettel (de) f

Hungarian: banya (hu)
Japanese: 鬼女 (ja) ‎(きじょ, gijo), 鬼婆 ‎(おにばば, onibaba), 悪婆 (ja) ‎(あくば, akuba)
Polish: jędza f, wiedźma (pl) f
Russian: ве́дьма (ru) f ‎(védʹma), карга́ (ru) f ‎(kargá), мы́мра (ru) f ‎(mýmra), гры́мза (ru) f ‎(grýmza), меге́ра (ru) f ‎(megéra)
Spanish: vieja gruñona f, arpía f

See also

harpy